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Benight - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Definitions of benight. verb. overtake with darkness or night . overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm. www.vocabulary.com
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BENIGHT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. to overtake by darkness or night especially before the end of a journey; usually used in the passive; there was no fear of our being benighted. www.merriam-webster.com
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benight, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
To involve in darkness, to darken, to cloud. Also figurative, of the effect of sorrow, disappointment, etc., upon one's face, prospects, or life. www.oed.com
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benight
▪ I. † ˈbenight, adv. Obs. By night, ere night.1642 Gen. Preston in Carte Coll. (1735) 120, I will not trouble your Lordship with more benight.▪ II. benight, v. (bɪˈnaɪt) [f. be- 6 + night.] 1. trans. a. pass. To be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter).1560 J. Daus... Oxford English Dictionary
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BENIGHTED Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BENIGHTED is overtaken by darkness or night. How to use benighted in a sentence. www.merriam-webster.com
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benight - Dictionary Checker - Scrabble Word Finder
1. overtake with darkness or night 2: envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" 3: make darker and difficult ... scrabblewordfinder.org
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benighten
beˈnighten, v. rare. (bɪˈnaɪt(ə)n) [f. benight, app. after enlight-en: see -en.] trans. To benight. Hence beˈnightening vbl. n.1844 Blackw. Mag. LVI. 787 A mere priestly delusion to enslave and benighten mankind. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 193 Moral benightening which seems to cast the shadow of death o... Oxford English Dictionary
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"BENIGHT": To plunge into intellectual darkness - OneLook
▸ verb: (chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. ▸ verb: To darken; to shroud or ... www.onelook.com
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BENIGHT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
verb (transitive) 1. to shroud in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness 2. to dazzle or deprive sight of www.collinsdictionary.com
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benight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Verb · (chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. · To darken; to shroud or obscure. en.wiktionary.org
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To beknight, or not to benight - Columbia Journalism Review
“Benight” as a verb means “to overtake by darkness,” whether it's physical, moral, or intellectual, according to the Merriam-Webster Unabridged ... www.cjr.org
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Roman Cieślak
Chip Benight. Awards In 2011, Cieślak was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. wikipedia.org
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benighter
benighter (bɪˈnaɪtə(r)) [f. benight + -er1.] One who keeps others in darkness.1818 Moore Fudge Fam. Paris vi. 208, I, from my soul, profess To hate all bigots and benighters. Oxford English Dictionary
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Weather and Society Integrated Studies
Benight, 2007: False alarms and close calls: A conceptual model of warning accuracy. Weather Forecast., 22, 1140-1147. Demuth, J.L., E.C. wikipedia.org
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benighting
▪ I. beˈnighting, vbl. n. [f. benight + -ing1.] The fact of being benighted or overtaken by night away from shelter.a 1639 W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxvi. (1640) 90 To meet with such kinde of accidents, as benighting. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator, No. 8 (1822) I. 60 Spenser..seems to have taken the idea o... Oxford English Dictionary
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